Paul O'Neil blurted the following on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 09:41:52AM +0000 :
> When I dial out using non root user pppd dies unexpectedly after connecting
> while waiting for the interface to come up? Is there a file I need to check
> for this?
pppd needsto suid root to be able to bringup an interface.
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